AUCKLAND—Yesterday.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8763, 26 April 1890, Page 4

A U CKLAND—Yesterday.

BY SPECIAL OOBHEBPON DENTS TO TAHANAKI HEBALD.*]

Produce.—Messrs Q. W. BiDney & 'on report:-The fii c weateer has brough- a laig- 1. jhipment of produce to ha d, and a general fall i- values is the consequence. Eesi butter has fallen 2.1, &n other qualilies a Id. Txrar.aki rill is ar,*a cab c except at low prices, *ales b idk from 4.1 to 6d. Jhe cab'es to hand reporting a rise in flox h s no* had much effect on the mnrbe: The New Zealand Herald this morniug considers tLey do more harm than goo 1 giyiog qm,tationß from mediom to good instead of giving the value of top quality of Auck ana and Wellitigtoi', and tten boye » could guape for t \ emselTes. Q .omuoDS ard : — Butter, firs fs, 8J per io; etcon< s, 6d; tLirds, 5a per lb. Fresh butter, in re 11, 8d toBJ'; potted unchanged ; cheese, 4d tosd; eggs, Is 3d a doz; bacon and hams, provincial 6d ; 00, canterbury, 7^J. Pota^ies : fc'outceru, £4 ; onions, from £6 to £6 10s per ton ; maize, 3s to 3s 3d ; oats, local, 1b ]0d >o 2s ;.-ouibeiu, 2« Id to 2i 2d Dan-sh 2b Id; millir.g wheat, new, 8s per bus el; chick, 2<Gd to2a 101 Fl ur,roller £9 ss. atone £8 ss. vatmeal, firm; bian and pollard,£3ls*. Flax (unsaleable .

GB'IN, Fodder, &c. — At the Haymarket during ihe j,ast week fodder raoged l.jm 2s 6 i lo 3g 9 ! tue cwt; oats Is lid 10 2s 8d; maiz^ bs 4d ni 3rt by, yfhe.xt 2s lln; iyegra*s 3a 6d to 6s; cocksfoot 6s 9ithe bushel; potatcea£2 8&; cbafi £3 )0d; bonedust £7 tLc tot.

MOBBB MOCK. — At the Baymaiket on Fricay (April 18), horee etock weie in full nun here and met «vnh good nemand at full values, Dubrc.ktn bu ck r-nged in price f»cm Ho 5b to aii IBs; and useful light barnc:s and riding hu s"s from £5 5s to £11.

Wool, Hiuks, Bkin^, &c. — Messis W. G. Binney k ton repoto t prime s'ouc ox hides iv brh.e turn 4d to o^d; medium 3d to H^d; heavy con, sblbs, z<l to 2^ '; medium au . light 1£>1; caf4dto4|d the lb; she pskits, lical, ijreeo locgwoo) 4» 6d to 4a 9d; < s-bri-ds 2b »0(t to 4s each. Tallow in short supp y, best i7s 6cl o 18s 6dpercwt, — I'estjM Bucklsnd Sc Hon rei-orc at the Uaymaiket od Ttiesilt-y (*pril i 2; test ix hu.tß sold Tcm ?s■) to 4J !; cow hides from l.jd tv 2d; light a hides from l£d to 2 5-8(1; c* *kms 313 1 to 4J.1 j tallow 17j» fc'd to I'JaGd ; boi.es, 4s 6d a cw> ; pells, Is 3d; skits, 5s 3 1 ; smbtkmt, le 6u to 2s 9d each, lambs wo< 3, tijf'i » lb. Cattle, Sheep, &c— Messrs Bucklarjd & grL-b icpuit lUat at tt.muaia oa Thundaj , April 24, dairy cattle wi-re more numerous th- : «t usual, and placets withcut chetge fr. m late aaikets. tftore cattle, advertised, occt sioned a Jarge attendance ; grown steers gold fairly we 1, but yearlings lo two years old sold at comparadveiy low prices, Fat cattle, m usual number were Jower than last wek fully 1» a IGOlbs ; piices for steere were at 15b the lOOlbs. >'at calves, penned in less n« raters than laat week, were aleo at lover valuta. Fat sheep in moderate nun;be;; if of ihoic^ quality o* better worth, but medium quality and kmb» were scarcely so high es late Vulu^a. Pigs of keexiei weight than mcr b-ive been offered, fur * >oie tipwxmstajjood waikoij tbu «Usj tf »tockj

should now be forwarded for sal ; bat the yoong pigs were yarded numerously, and were scorce'y bo h'g'i as the last. week. Prices for guie 1 ; dr : / cows ncr • calving ranged from £3 to £5 15b; dry cowp, ]5» to £2; yonrlir>g steers, £t ss; 2-yeara s eers, £2 to £' fi-; 3'yeqrs s" rs, £3 ss; 4-yeirs #teer», £t 5a each: bull cihcs, era 12s fid to 62s 61 ea'h 80 oxen a eroge I £7; other SO oxen, £fi 10s; 25 cow j. £3 evh; 6 3 weo'iers 15s; 300 ewes, Us (5 1 esch; latn'os, fr>m (o I's 6'l each; he«ivy pige, r ore £2 14s to £4 7s fid; weaoers, Is to 8s c -h — Mrssrs Hunter it Nolan rm ort : 'lhere has been an incu'^ed » quijt for all desci'ip""o''B of cat^o, but prices i'id not advam c accordingly, pud there was a sl'g'it depression ia value Fat beasts in ay a^e number wire yarded at Ne.wma<kc on 'l lesl y(Apii!24);

'inne'iti n throughou? wjs good, althon^h prices were slightly in favor of the purchaser for fat h?asts as compp'ed with lf»st week. Same averagps for stcern were: £7 17s 6d, £fi Us 10d, £fil4s6d, £6 J2s 6d, £5 10^; £5 7s fid, £4 17« fi !; cows, £4 ss. £3 l?s 61, £3 10s, £3. £2 1 2-s fid. laero were a good mr.nv sh^ep brought, forward, bu there w s "ttlo nlterntion i'> value, lne Newmarket ypr.la were f irly filled on Tues Iny (April 22), and fie Tew«e w« « h' demand from Is 8 I to 2s per 81b; some gooJ ewes reali • 1 1 6s s»i e»ch, wh : le wethers sol 1 at from 13s 3 I to IGs 9<l lamb 97b to 10s 6>l. A v oderate number of pigs wcrcyirHed at Kewmarket on Tuesday, and sold freely at fr vi 2d t j 2-^1 per lb live weight.

Suakb Market, — Messrs Frater Bros telegraphed to us yesterday afternoon: — Pales : .11 Hank o' Ne»v Zealand, 103s fii; New, 86s ; I.oj ns, 60s ; Gis. 10s ; New ZeaHno", lusurancp, 67s 6 1 ; UnioßS, 26s 101; Ooro-»andel B. earn, Us 3d to 13s; fNi*on, 5n 3ii (ex <Uv ) ; Try Fluke, 7u 3d; Trenton, 2i 2s; Caledonian, 2s 9:; Lone Hand, 9s 6d; Mariposi, Is 2•; Red Mercuryo 2i ; \ll>uri:ia, 4s; Q ipjp, 2s; Dives, 2b 2d tk 2s lOd; C^mbrit, 2s 9d Buyers : Mew Dm . ( ' Ntw Z-alanJ, 102s 6d; New Issue, 9 s